Hexagram:Revolution →Hexagram:Before Completion
I-Ching Transformation
49
Revolution
Ge
Lake / Fire
→
64
Before Completion
Wei Ji
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 鞏用黃牛之革
鞏gǒngbound
用yòngusing
黃huángyellow
牛niúcow
之zhī...'s
革gérawhide
Line 2: 巳日乃革之征吉無咎
巳sìcomplete
日rìthe this
乃nǎiand
革géthe change
之zhīhas arrive(al)
征zhēngto expedite
吉jíis promising
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 3: 征凶貞厲革言三就有孚
征zhēngto expedite
凶xiōngis ill-omened
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
革géof change
言yánwhen talk
三sānthree times
就jiùhas
有yǒuthen be
孚fúconfident
Line 5: 大人虎變未占有孚
大dàthe mature
人rénhuman being
虎hǔtiger(-like)
變biàntransformation
未wèieven before
占zhāndivining
有yǒube
孚fúconfident
Line 6: 君子豹變小人革面征凶居貞吉
君jūnthe noble
子zǐyoung one
豹bàopanther
變biàntransformation
小xiǎothe lesser
人rénpeople
革gémerely change
面miànleather masks
征zhēngto expedite
凶xiōngis ill-omened
居jūto practice
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Firejoyous to clinging
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
顧望登臺，意常欲逃，賈辛醜惡，妻不安夫。
Looking about and climbing the tower, the heart ever longing to escape. Jia Xin, ugly and loathsome; the wife finds no peace with her husband.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 49 (Revolution) to hexagram 64 (Before Completion). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.